Postgame Notes: Michigan 79, Rutgers 69
3/7/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
March 7, 2015
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• Today's game marked the seventh all-time meeting between the Wolverines and Scarlet Knights. U-M leads the all-time series with an unblemished 7-0 record and is 2-0 in matchups in Ann Arbor.
• Prior to today's game, Michigan honored senior Max Bielfeldt, who has appeared in 67 contests in his career as a Wolverine. He is averaging 2.7 points and 2.3 rebounds throughout his career at Michigan.
• Making his first career start, Max Bielfeldt registered his first career double-double, scoring 14 points and grabbing a career-high 11 rebounds. Bielfeldt also dished out a career-high three assists in 31 minutes.
• Max Bielfeldt's double-double is the third for U-M this season. Zak Irvin has the other two, a 14 points/12 rebounds performance vs. Nebraska (Jan. 27) and a 28 points/11 rebounds outing at Northwestern (Mar. 3).
• The Wolverines had four players score in double figures today: Aubrey Dawkins (31), Max Bielfeldt (14), Kameron Chatman (13), and Zak Irvin (12). It marks the first game since Michigan State (Feb. 17) in which U-M had at least four contributors in double-figure points.
• U-M fired at 50.9 percent from the field (29-of-57) and 45.2 percent from behind the arc (14-of-31) today, bettering its season averages of 41.5 percent (397-of-956) and 35.4 percent (135-of-381), respectively.
• When Michigan scored 47 points in the first half, it marked just the sixth time the Wolverines have surpassed the 30-point barrier in a half in Big Ten Conference play this season. The 47 points scored in the first half are the most since U-M registered 53 against Coppin State on Nov. 29.
• Led by eight from Aubrey Dawkins, the Wolverines hit a season-high 14 three-pointers. The 14 made were the most since U-M hit 14 on March 22, 2014, against Texas in the NCAA Tournament.
• Led by nine from Spike Albrecht, the Wolverines had a season-high 20 assists, compared to only six turnovers. Today was the seventh time this season that U-M has turned the ball over six or fewer times in a game. The last time U-M had more than 20 assists in a game was against Nebraska (21) on Feb. 5, 2014.
• Aubrey Dawkins finished with a career-high 31 points on 10-for-15 from the field and 8-for-11 from behind the arc. Dawkins is the second Wolverine to score more than 30 points in a game this season; Caris LeVert tallied 32 vs. NJIT on Dec. 6, 2014. Dawkins is the first U-M freshman to break the 30-point plateau since Trey Burke scored 30 vs. Minnesota on March 9, 2012.
• Aubrey Dawkins' eight three-pointers are the second most in school history and are the most made by a Wolverine since Glen Rice hit eight on March 23, 1989, vs. North Carolina in the regional semifinal of the NCAA Tournament.
• Spike Albrecht snapped his eight-game double-figure scoring streak with seven points but tied his career high with nine assists. Albrecht is averaging 13.2 points and 5.2 assists over his last nine games.
• Spike Albrecht has recorded at least five assists in eight of the last 10 games. Albrecht has 115 assists through 29 games (3.97 apg), a career-best single-season total.
• Zak Irvin finished with 12 points and seven rebounds and tied his career high with four assists.
• Zak Irvin has made a three-pointer in every game this season -- including two in today's game. He leads U-M with 72 this season. For his career, he has made at least one triple in 58 of 67 career games.
• Kameron Chatman scored a career-high 13 points, on 4-for-5 from the field and a perfect 3-for-3 from behind the arc, in 20 minutes off the bench.
• With 55 seconds remaining, freshman Austin Hatch entered the game to make his fifth career appearance as a Wolverine.
• Student managers Jon Rubenstein and Ryan Kaputstka, who were added to the practice squad and cleared by the NCAA to play, made their first appearances as Wolverines today.
• U-M finished the regular season 12-6 at the Crisler Center and has accumulated a 57-10 record in Ann Arbor over the last four seasons.
• Today's starting lineup featured Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman, Aubrey Dawkins, Max Bielfeldt, Zak Irvin and Spike Albrecht.
• Michigan played without Ricky Doyle (stomach illness), who missed a game for the first time in his career, as well as Derrick Walton Jr. (toe/foot) for the 10th straight game.
